Solved NIC#1002 - Old Mill Special based on Jaguar XK150

[nicanary]

What was this car called, and what is the base car?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[tobytwirl]

Anything to do with SS?

[nicanary]

Anything to do with SS?

There is a slight connection.

[tobytwirl]

Is there more of a connection with Jaguar?

[nicanary]

Is there more of a connection with Jaguar?

Yes  . That's why I said a slight connection!

[tobytwirl]

British?

[nicanary]

British?

I wish I knew. I have Googled it and Google Imaged it and can find nothing.

It was either built outside the UK or built in the UK on a LHD chassis - whatever, it is presently registered in a country outside the UK.

[tobytwirl]

Do we know any more about the photo - is it early 60s - and is it competing eg on a hillclimb.

[nicanary]

Do we know any more about the photo - is it early 60s - and is it competing eg on a hillclimb.

It's my belief that this is a fairly recent photo, made to look more period.

[tobytwirl]

Yes those wheels do look a bit wider than you would expect. So we have a modern incarnation of a "vintage" car with an SS grille and Jaguar power.  Is there more information to be had - is the chassis known? Is it Jaguar?

[nicanary]

Yes those wheels do look a bit wider than you would expect. So we have a modern incarnation of a "vintage" car with an SS grille and Jaguar power.  Is there more information to be had - is the chassis known? Is it Jaguar?

I know the base car and its date of origin, and the probable date it was recreated as the puzzle car.  It is a production Jaguar model.

[tobytwirl]

XJ6?

[nicanary]

XJ6?

Earlier.

[D-type]

Mk VII?

[nicanary]

Mk VII?

Slightly later 

[tobytwirl]

Mk 9? Is it's resemblance to an Atalanta relevant?

[nicanary]

Mk 9? Is it's resemblance to an Atalanta relevant?

Not a Mk 9, more sporting than that. No Atalanta connection AFAIK.

[tobytwirl]

Not an XK 140/150?

[tobytwirl]

Yes it is ... it's the XK150 Old Mill Special, presumably based on a '57 car and built in 1989.

[nicanary]

Yes it is ... it's the XK150 Old Mill Special, presumably based on a '57 car and built in 1989.

Indeed it is, and I presume the same dates since those are mentioned on the caption. There doesn't seem to be anything else on the net about the car, although no doubt someone will say otherwise. I think the registration plate is German.

Something in the back of my memory links the "Old Mill" to a Jaguar specialist of yore, although I'm probably wrong.

Well found.